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#888FE5

#888fe5 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#888fe5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 56.08% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.61% cyan, 37.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 235.48°, with 64.14% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.57.

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Relative luminance0.3054

Complementary

  1. #888fe5
  2. #e5de88

Split complementary

  1. #888fe5
  2. #e5af88
  3. #bee588

Analogous

  1. #88bee5
  2. #888fe5
  3. #af88e5

Triadic

  1. #888fe5
  2. #e5888f
  3. #8fe588

Tetradic

  1. #888fe5
  2. #de88e5
  3. #e5de88
  4. #8fe588

Square

  1. #888fe5
  2. #e588be
  3. #e5de88
  4. #88e5af

Monochromatic

  1. #2630ae
  2. #4954d7
  3. #888fe5
  4. #c7caf3
  5. #eeeffb

Shades

#888fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #888fe5
  2. #7a81ce
  3. #6d72b7
  4. #5f64a0
  5. #525689
  6. #444873
  7. #36395c
  8. #292b45
  9. #1b1d2e
  10. #0e0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#888fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #888fe5
  2. #949ae8
  3. #a0a5ea
  4. #acb1ed
  5. #b8bcef
  6. #c4c7f2
  7. #cfd2f5
  8. #dbddf7
  9. #e7e9fa
  10. #f3f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#888fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #888fe5
  2. #878edb
  3. #868cd1
  4. #868bc7
  5. #8589bd
  6. #8488b3
  7. #8386a8
  8. #82859e
  9. #828394
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9193bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719ae8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b93e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ba0af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b96e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7891e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #789ac7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-888fe5 {
  color: #888fe5;
}
Background
.bg-888fe5 {
  background-color: #888fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-888fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #888fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #888fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 143 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 64% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-888fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #888fe5, #af88e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-888fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 143 229 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.71 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.90 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.81 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.22 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.62 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.62 #77701a Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#888fe5  rgb(136, 143, 229)  hsl(235, 64%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#e5de88  rgb(229, 222, 136)  hsl(55, 64%, 72%)  Khaki
#e5888f  rgb(229, 136, 143)  hsl(355, 64%, 72%)  Light Coral
#8fe588  rgb(143, 229, 136)  hsl(115, 64%, 72%)  Light Green